PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — If a picture says 1000 words, these photos said millions. They covered the earth, the sky, civic unrest and an unspeakable crime. Here are the KOIN.com Top Photo Galleries of 2017.Eagle Creek Fire, September 2017
The human-caused Eagle Creek Fire erupted September 2, 2017 and trapped more than 150 hikers. They were able to safely shelter for one night and then hiked out and were rescued the next morning near Cascade Locks.Oregon Solar Eclipse, August 21, 2017
The Great American Eclipse crossed the United States, first touching Oregon at 9:04 a.m. Monday, August 21, 2017. It’s the first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in 99 years and brought 1 million visitors to Oregon.Anti-White Nationalist protest, September 10, 2017
For at least the 4th time in 3 months, opposing factions faced off in downtown Portland over the rise of white nationalism in the area and in the country, September 10, 2017Opposing groups protest in downtown Portland, June 4, 2017
Groups with diametrically opposing views of President Donald Trump exercised their constitutionally protected right to free speech in downtown Portland Sunday, just over a week after a man on a racist tirade stabbed 3 people, 2 of them fatally, on a MAX train.Deadly Las Vegas concert shooting
A gunman perched high on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas Strip casino unleashed a shower of bullets down on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 50 people and wounding more than 200 as tens of thousands of frantic concert-goers screamed and ran for their lives, officials said Monday. It was the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.